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Definition of Gaslight
1. Noun. Light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
Definition of Gaslight
1. n. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
Definition of Gaslight
1. Noun. The light produced by burning piped illuminating gas. ¹
2. Noun. A lamp which operates by burning gas. ¹
3. Verb. (slang) To manipulate someone psychologically such that they question their own sanity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaslight
1. light made by burning gas [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaslight
Literary usage of Gaslight
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"gaslight Co., 45 Barb. (NY) 136. On the other hand it has been held that they are
... gaslight Co., 11 Wis. 234 ; but such an application cannot be made to ..."
2. Camera (1907)
"Light conditions being the same, the average gaslight paper will require twenty
to fifty times as long an exposure as-the average bromide ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1909)
"Action by JD Holloway against the Ma- con gaslight & Water Company. Judgment for
defendant, and plaintiff brings error to the Court of Appeals, ..."
4. Hansard's Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1880)
"PRIVATE BILL (by Order) — Second Read!» gaslight and Coke, Commercial Gas, and
South Metropolitan gaslight and Coko Com- ..."
5. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1916)
"As regards the relative merits or features of gaslight v. bromide, ... Cost of
paper about the same, though gaslight is often slightly the dearer. 3. ..."
6. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1909)
"gaslight PAPERS. THE name "gaslight papers" is applied to a number of sensitive
papers by different makers which are now on the market which resemble each ..."
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